Kevin McAllister never changes.
McCauley Culkin revealed he considered buying the “Home Alone” home when it hit the market for $5 in May. 25 million.
“I had half a mind to buy it — just for laughs,” the 44-year-old actor said during a recent screening of the 1990 film at the Rosemont Theater in Illinois. new York Times,
Culkin said he wanted to turn the house, located in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, Illinois, into a “movie fun house” where people could climb down the stairs like Kevin.
On why he didn’t ultimately buy a house, Culkin said, “I’ve got kids. I’m busy, man.”
The actor has two sons with fiancee Brenda Song, Dakota (3) and a 2-year-old son, whose name has not been revealed.
The five-bedroom, six-bathroom home from “Home Alone” hit the market in the spring for the first time in 12 years. It sold in June after one week on the market.
The 9,126-square-foot residence, built in 1921, features a sunroom, a giant “sports court” in the basement, a fully equipped gym, and even a state-of-the-art movie theater.
The home has only been sold twice since the iconic film was released.
More than 30 years later, Culkin is visiting multiple cities, A nostalgic night with Macaulay CulkinWhere he is celebrating the film franchise that made him famous.
She said on the Rosemont show that her relationship with “Home Alone” was “kind of a curse and a blessing” at the time, but now that she is a parent her perspective has changed.
“Because of this, I look at the film differently now,” he said. “I look at it from a different lens – I look at it with them. And they have no idea who they’re sitting next to.”
While Culkin loves the “Home Alone” movies, he missed recent reunions with some of his former co-stars.
Kristin Minter, Michael C. Marona, Devin Rattray, Angela Goethals and Jedediah Cohen, who played Culkin’s siblings or cousins in the film, met up at Pandora’s Box Toys & Collectables in Lafayette, NJ last weekend And welcomed him.
The store revealed that it was the first time in over 30 years that the entire cast was together.
Culkin starred in the first two “Home Alone” films alongside Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, who played the “Wet Bandits” who break into the McCallister house. John Heard and Catherine O’Hara played Kevin’s parents.
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